Presenter(s)

    Yana Crossland, Zoe Kalen Hill

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    Presentation: 10:45-12:00, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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    Description

    The world of sports is traditionally a masculine space, and professional hockey perpetuates these gender boundaries because of its aggressive nature. Despite this, women-identifying hockey fans exist, and make space for themselves as a fandom on social media platforms. This research explores the online harassment received by women-identifying hockey fans in a male-dominated space. Through a content analysis of social media posts from both Facebook and X (Twitter), we take a quantitative approach, with the quantity of instances of verbal abuse (operationally defined as the use of written language directed towards another person with the intent to degrade, invalidate, or otherwise disrespect them) being measured and compared between different social media platforms. This study aims to provide evidence to the prevalence of online harassment toward women-identifying hockey fans and its impact on the sports space in the context of the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League season.

    Publication Date

    4-17-2024

    Project Designation

    Independent Research

    Primary Advisor

    Jen K. Ptacek

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Communication

    Keywords

    Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

    Institutional Learning Goals

    Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Scholarship; Community

    Too Many Men: Investigating online harassment toward women-identifying hockey fans in a male-dominated space

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